Mysterious Call from Mom

I was driving home late from work when my phone buzzed — “Mom” was calling. I answered,

but all I heard was muffled breathing and the faint sound of the TV in the background.

“Mom?” I said. No reply. The call ended. Weird thing is, I was literally

five minutes from home. When I got there, her car was in the driveway,

lights off, everything quiet. Inside, she was asleep on the couch — TV off,

phone on the table. I picked it up to check the call log. The last call wasn’t to me.

It was an outgoing call — placed to my number — exactly three minutes after she fell asleep,

according to the timestamp on the security camera still recording in the corner of